Overview

• India conducted 25 precision missile strikes on nine terror infrastructure sites linked to groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
• The strikes, codenamed Operation Sindoor, were described as measured and non-escalatory, avoiding Pakistani military facilities and civilian areas.
• Pakistan condemned the strikes as an act of war, claimed civilian casualties, and alleged the downing of Indian aircraft, though independent verification remains inconclusive.
• Indian officials reached out to global powers, including the US, UK, and Saudi Arabia, to justify the strikes as self-defense and emphasize their limited scope.
• This marks India’s first military action in Pakistan’s Punjab province since the 1971 war, escalating tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors.